Feeding problems: Refusing to eat

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My daughter refuses to eat. She is nearly three years old and we have to put the food in her mouth but she just holds it there in her mouth for up to 15-20 minutes. We have tried everything bribes or telling her she will have to go to bed but nothing works. She is a very stubborn 2 year old! Anyone else have this happen ? Any advice? Thanks!

my daughter is 13 months.since the beginning of this month she has been refusing to eat,at 1st it was flu but it went,now i dont knw wat the problem is.she has lost so much weight.she just drinks milk,no solids.if i give her solids she spits and end up vomiting.what shud i do?i took her to see the doctor and she was given multi vitamin,thats all.

My baby is 20 month old and she has exactly the same behavior. Some days she loves mac and cheese and the next day it won't even touch them. She will spits every spoon of food that I tried to put on her mouth. I had bought her the Milk that had flavors on it and she loves it...At least she wont go to bed with an empty stomach.

My daughter is 2 years old and she refuses to eat. I ask her to please eat and then she says "No" is this normal she only wants milk but when I can't that away till she eats something she tells me no she isn't hungry... I'm scared...

SOMEONE PLS HELP ME I'm stressing so much thinking something's wrong with my son he won't eat food at all the only thing he eats is his good start formula he's 17 months ,, he tastes the food & spits everything out except lollipops that's not food but that's something he'll have besides milk , I went to the clinic all they said was it was ok nothing was wrong with him & that his weight was normal ?? I don't know what to do pls help

My lil girl don't want eat much , she have 4 teeth come out . Normally she eats good but pass a few weeks she no earthing much , only at night she have her bottle with formula . She likes any type of food . What I should do? She only like eat grand cracks

Both my 3 year-old and 16 month-old are going through this and it's so frustrating! Our 3yo will barely eat anything we put in front of him, then ends up eating goldfish crackers and milk later. We've tried the bribes, which rarely work. Sometimes we use reverse psychology and play by saying "oh no, don't eat the chicken" and he's thinks it's funny and will eat it. I need to simply eliminate the crackers and junk and only offer healthy foods and then when he is hungry, at least he'll be eating well.

I usually give my 13 month old a healthy meal and then finish with some fruit, which she loves. When she doesn't eat her healthy meal (she's grown increasingly fussy) I usually give her something she does like and then some fruit for "dessert". Do you think this is teaching her to just wait... she'll get something better if she refuses... or is she too young for that?

I have a 14 month old girl, and I just have to say, I'm so freaking relieved that Im not the only one going through this! I've been so stressed out these past weeks because she has refused to eat, anything! I took her to her pediatrician, I took her to a dietitian, I took her to the wic staff, but they all said the same thing! "Just keep making new foods, and try to feed her like you would normally" she will eventually like something. Well I have been doing that, and I have seem to be a little relieved, because she started eating a little bit again! She likes whole wheat strawberry pancakes, quesadillas, grilled cheese, sometimes chicken purred. I know it's hard to see them not eat, but if they look normal to you as in still playing and moving around and happy, then don't worry too much, they will eat once again! An I've found that it can also be their molars coming in?! Just keep positive ladies! Hope this helped!

My 13 months-old little boy has ups and downs with appetite. Most of the time he only eats well (-ish) in the evenings...What works for me quite well, is that while I'm feeding him I let him watch TV (baby channel) and also give different toys in his hands to distract him a bit. Sometimes despite all my efforts he doesn't eat just a few spoonfuls...

My daughter was the same, until about 6 years old, when a doctor said that my daughter had rheumatism and she should take 3 months as follows Ten days aspirin (3 t a day), 10 days vitamins, 10 days nothing and this was repeated 3 times/3 months. My daughter began to eat after one month of this treatment. It was difficult for her to take aspirin, as she hardly ate anything, but I did it in the end...So don t worry, a solution will come up!

My little man is 19mo still breast feeding. Was eating table food well now he would rather BF then eat table food. When he does he holds it in his mouth for like 30+ mins and then finally comes to me to spits it out. What is going on?

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